Oil Pastry

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 sift dry ingredients.
• 2 combine oil, water, in a bowl and stir.
• 3 add liquid to dry ingredients in a steady stream while mixing.
• 4 press dough together.
• 5 divide into 2 balls of dough and place on a lightly floured board and cover with a clean dish cloth to rest for 5 minutes.
• 6 roll out one ball dough between two large pieces of waxed paper until the desired size.
• 7 repeat with other ball of dough.
• 8 gently peel off the waxed paper from one side of pastry and lay on the pie pan.
• 9 gently peel off the other side of the wax paper.
• 10 makes either 2 individual pie shell bottoms or 1-9" 2 crust pie.
• 11 if making pie shell bottoms after the rolled out pastry lace into a pie pan and prick the pastry all over with the tines of a fork and bake 450°f for 15 minutes.
• 12 if making a single 9 inch pie fill the bottom layer of pastry in the pan with fruit pie filling of choice, top with second pastry, trip around and pierce top pastry with a couple slits made with a knive so that the juice will not boil over in the oven.
• 13 bake until the fruit is tender at 350°fabout 25-35 minutes.
• 14 note** i am putting the single pie time in the recipe because i have to choose one for the recipezaar computer to accept this recipe.
• 15 serving size depends on number of pies made.
• 16 i am giving the serving size for one single 2 crust pie.
• 17 double the serving size if making 2 pies.